At least seven dead as World War II plane crashes in the US: Reports

NEW YORK: At least seven people were killed when a World War II bomber carrying 13 passengers and crew crashed at an airport in the northeastern US state of Connecticut Wednesday, local media reported.

James Rovella, a Connecticut state disaster emergency official, told a news conference that there had been fatalities but added it was too early to say the exact number.A maintenance officer working on the ground was also injured, Rovella added.Local media later cited officials as saying that the crash left at least seven dead and nine injured, including three people who were on the ground at the time.

"We could see they could not gain altitude. Upon touchdown they obviously lost control, struck our de-icing facility here as well as a maintenance facility," he told reporters. Photos circulating on social media and carried by US media outlets showed a thick black plume of smoke billowing from the crash site.

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